Pepper Chicken

 This south indian style pepper chicken is spicy and lip smackingly delicious. It makes for a perfect starter or side dish. Using freshly ground pepper brings out the warm spice of the pepper and just enhances the entire dish.

INGREDIENTS:

500 gms chicken - on the bone

1 medium onion ,sliced

1inch ginger, julienned

8-10 cloves of garlic, julienned

2 sprigs of curry leaves

2-3 green chillies, slit into quarters

2 tbs freshly ground black pepper powder

1/2 tsp corriander powder

2tsp soya sauce

2 tbs chopped coriander leaves

Juice of one lime

Salt to taste

For the marinade

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

Juice of half a lime

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste

1tsp pepper powder

1tsp soya sauce

METHOD:

• Clean and cut the chicken into medium size pieces. 
• Drain all the excess water.
• In a bowl marinate the chicken with pepper powder, haldi, salt,soya sauce and ginger garlic paste for atleast half an hour.
• Heat oil in a kadai, add the ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves.
• Fry for about a minute and add the onions.
• Continue to fry until the onions turn light pink and translucent.
• Now add the chicken and fry on high flame.
• Add the soya sauce, freshly ground pepper, corriander powder, salt to taste and mix well.
• Cover and cook on low flame for 5-10 minutes, untill the chicken release water and you get a gravy.
• Take off the lid and cook on high flame till the chicken is cooked and the masala coats the chicken .
• Turn off the flame and add the lemon juice and corriander leaves.
• Mix well and serve hot